(1)The king said: 'Oh Supreme One, by those self-satisfied
souls of whom the seed of fruitive action has been burned by the
spiritual knowledge that was acquired by the practice of yoga, mystical
powers are automatically achieved; how can they become a hindrance?'

(2)The sage said: 'You're quite right [in saying that yoga
leads to certain powers], but in this world one, just like a cunning
hunter, does not directly put faith in the mind that [just like game]
always runs off.(3)Therefore one says
that one should never make friends with the restless mind. Even the
greatest ones [like
Lord
S'iva
and
sage
Saubhari]
were
disturbed
by
it
after
for a long
time having put faith in practicing austerities. (4)Just as a husband with an adulterous
wife must guard against competitors, also yoga adepts will have to wake
against putting faith in the mind that so easily is carried away by
lust
motives.(5)Which
man of wisdom would confide in the [undirected] mind that is the
breeding ground for the lust, anger, pride, greed, lamentation,
illusion and fear that together constitute the bondage to one's karma?(6)Even though He [Rishabha] was
the head of all kings and rulers of this universe, He in terms of
this logic acted in the dress, with the language and the character of
an avadhûta [5.5: 29]
as
if He was dumb. He concealed His supreme lordship in order to be able
to teach the yogis by the
example of His own
personal vehicle of
time how to forsake in yoga. As
if He was a normal mortal being who tries to forsake his
physical body He, according to the supreme command of the Soul, not hindered
by
the
illusory
of
matter
always
kept to Himself the vision from within of the love
transcendental to all
vice and put an end to His material existence.(7) With Him the Supreme Lord Rishabhadeva who was free from any vital
self-interest, we thus saw the
apparent
physical presence, the motivated appearance of His body in this
illusory world. He all by Himself traveled the lands of South
India:
Konka, Venka and Kuthaka in the province of Karnâtha, and reached
a forest nearby Kuthakâcala. There He with a handful of stones in
His mouth, wandered around naked and with scattered
hair like He was a madman. (8)
In a fierce forest fire blazing all
around that was caused by the friction of bamboo stalks tossed about by
the force
of the wind, His body in that forest then burned to ashes.

(9)Hearing
about His pastimes of being free from all ritual and custom, the king
of Konka, Venka and Kuthaka who carried the name Arhat [the Jain, the
venerable one] took to an imitation of them. Bewildered by an increase
of
irreligious life that forbode the arrival of the Kali-yuga Age of
Quarrel,
he gave up the safe path of religion that would ward off all fear
and adopted a non-conformistic, wrong, heretical view by introducing
most foolishly a concoction of His own.(10)The lowest of mankind in this age of Kali who,
lacking in character, cleanliness and dutifulness with the rules and
regulations are bewildered by the illusory energy of God, will because of this [kind
of practice] in
neglect of the divine, self-willed and with wrong principles follow
strange rules as not bathing, not cleaning the mouth, being dirty and
plucking out the hair. With their consciousness spoiled by an
abundance of modern time adharma [or forsaking of duties] they
will fall into blaspheming the Vedas, the
brahmins, rituals such as sacrifices and the Supreme Personality
and the devotees.(11)They who
encouraged by blind predecessors with a deviating practice have built
their own little world [or cult] will themselves being blinded land in darkness[compare B.G.
16:
16, 16:
23].(12)This avatâra
of
the Lord was there for the purpose of
instructing the people who are overwhelmed by passion in the matter of
emancipation or how they should reach eternal happiness [or final
beatitude, kaivalya].(13)About
Him the people
in line with these teachings sing the following verses: 'Oh, of all the
lands on the continents of this world with its seven
seas, this land [of
Bhârata-varsha, India] is the most meritorious, for their people
sing about
the all-auspicious activities of Murâri in His many incarnations [Krishna as the enemy of
the foolish one, Mura].'(14)'Oh
what should one say about the
pure and renown dynasty of King Priyavrata wherein the Original Person,
the Supreme Personality
descended as an incarnation? He, the Unparalleled One performed the
religious duty that puts an end
to profit-minded labor [the
dharma that leads to akarma].'(15) 'Is there any other yogi of
perseverance and determination who, desiring the perfections that were
rejected by Rishabha for being insubstantial, can follow but even in
his mind the example of this unborn Godhead?

(16)Ihave thus expounded on the
pure activities of the Supreme Lord named Rishabha, who is the most
worshipable master of all Vedic knowledge for the common man, the
God-conscious ones, the brahmins and the cows. He who following in the
footsteps of the great [the paramparâ],
with a
growing faith and devotion attentively listens to, speaks to others
about or personally attends to this refuge of His great and supreme
auspiciousness that puts an end to all the sins of every living being,
will unto Him, the Supreme
Lord Vâsudeva, be favorably disposed with unflinching devotion
in both
the forms of listening and speaking.(17) But in that
devotion incessantly bathing themselves in order
to be freed from suffering the various troublesome conditions of
material existence, the ones of
wisdom [among them] do not endeavor
for that beatitude of retreat, that supreme and eternal purpose of all
human beings, because having entered a relationship with the Supreme
Personality all their material desires found their completion. (18)Dear
King [Parîkchit], He undoubtedly
was the maintainer and teacher, the worshipable deity, friend and
master of your Yadu line and sometimes He even acted as a servant. Thus
my best one He indeed was Mukunda, the Supreme Lord who grants
liberation [mukti], but to [confidentially] engage someone in
His devotional service [like Arjuna on the battlefield] He did [nor
does] not that easily.(19)All
glories
to
Him,
the
Supreme
Lord
Rishabhadeva,
He
who always directed at His true identity, complete within Himself and
without desires, was as graceful to expand for the true welfare of man
His activities in the material field and in that capacity, for the
materially identified human being whose
intelligence
slept
a
long
time,
was
of
instruction about the true self
free from fear.'

Third
revised
edition,
loaded
June
13,
2011.

Previous
Aadhar
editionand Vedabase links:

Text
1

The king said: 'Oh Supreme
One, by those self-satisfied souls of whom the seed of fruitive action
has been burned by the spiritual knowledge that was acquired by the
practice of yoga, mystical powers are automatically achieved; how can
they become a hindrance?'

The king said: 'O Supreme One, by those self-satisfied
souls of whom the seed of fruitive action is burnt by the spiritual
knowledge that was won by the practice of yoga, are mystic powers
automatically achieved; how can they possibly be of any future
hindrance?' (Vedabase)

Text
2

The
sage
said:
'You're
quite
right
[in
saying
that
yoga
leads
to certain
powers], but in this world one, just like a cunning hunter, does not
directly put faith in the mind that [just like game] always runs off.

The sage said: 'You're quite right, but in this world
does one either, just like a cunning hunter doesn't, not directly put
faith in the mind that [like game] always runs off. (Vedabase)

Text
3

Therefore
one
says
that
one
should
never
make
friends
with
the
restless mind.
Even the greatest ones [like Lord S'iva and sage Saubhari] were disturbed by
it after for a long time having put faith in practicing austerities.

And so, one says, one should at no time make friends
with the so very restless mind; from the practice of for a long time
placing too much faith in it was the austerity of even the greatest
ones [like Lord S'iva or sage Saubhari] disturbed. (Vedabase)

Text
4

Just as a
husband
with an adulterous
wife must guard against competitors, also yoga adepts will have to wake
against putting faith in the mind that so easily is carried away by
lust
motives.

Like a husband with a wife charmed by competitors,
will aspirants of yoga relying on the mind always of lust be paving the
way for the enemies following in its wake. (Vedabase)

Text
5

Which man of
wisdom would confide in the [undirected] mind that is the breeding
ground for the lust, anger, pride, greed, lamentation, illusion and
fear that together constitute the bondage to one's karma?

So, which man that has learned his lesson, would
indeed confide in the mind that is the breeding ground for the lust
anger, pride, greed, lamentation, illusion, fear that all together bind
one to one's karma? (Vedabase)

Text
6

Even though He
[Rishabha] was
the head of all kings and rulers of this universe, He in terms of
this logic acted in the dress, with the language and the character of
an avadhûta [5.5: 29]
as
if He was dumb. He concealed His supreme lordship in order to be able
to teach the yogis by the
example of His own
personal vehicle of
time how to forsake in yoga. As
if He was a normal mortal being who tries to forsake his
physical body He, according to the supreme command of the Soul, not hindered
by
the
illusory
of
matter
always
kept to Himself the vision from within of the love
transcendental to all
vice and put an end to His material existence.

Although He [Rishabha] was the head of all kings and
rulers of this universe, acted He along this line of reasoning in the
dress, language and character of an avadûtha [5-5-29] as if He
was stupid, concealing the Supreme of His Lordship in teaching the
yogic forsaking by His own personal vehicle of time; as if He were a
normal mortal that tries to give up on the physical, did He Himself to
the Supreme of the Soul, unhindered by the illusory of matter, always
see Himself from within the love above all vice and ended He His Royal
pastimes. (Vedabase)

Text
7

With Him the Supreme Lord Rishabhadeva who was free
from any vital self-interest, we thus
saw
the
apparent
physical
presence,
the
motivated
appearance
of His
body in this
illusory world. He all by Himself traveled the lands of South India:
Konka, Venka and Kuthaka in the province of Karnâtha, and reached
a forest nearby Kuthakâcala. There He with a handful of stones in
His mouth, wandered around naked and with scattered
hair like He was a madman.

Of Him thus we saw the apparent physical presence, the
driven appearance in this illusory world, of the body of Him, the
Supreme Lord Rishabhadeva who Himself was free from any vital interest.
He on His own traveled the lands of South India: Konka, Venka and
Kuthaka in the province of Karnâta, and reached a forest nearby
Kuthakâcala. There with a handful of stones in His mouth, He just
like a madman wandered around naked and with scatted hair. (Vedabase)

Text
8

In a fierce
forest fire blazing all
around that was caused by the friction of bamboo stalks tossed about by
the force
of the wind, His body in that forest then burned to ashes.

With a fierce forest fire blazing all around that was
caused by the friction of bamboo's tossed by the force of the wind, was
His body then in that forest burned to ashes. (Vedabase)

Text
9

Hearing
about His pastimes of being free from all ritual and custom, the king
of Konka, Venka and Kuthaka who carried the name Arhat [the Jain, the
venerable one] took to an imitation of them. Bewildered by an increase
of
irreligious life that forbode the arrival of the Kali-yuga Age of
Quarrel,
he gave up the safe path of religion that would ward off all fear
and adopted a non-conformistic, wrong, heretical view by introducing
most foolishly a concoction of His own.

Hearing of His pastimes of being free from all ritual
and custom, took the king of Konka, Venka and Kuthaka who carried the
name Arhat [the Jain, the venerable] to an imitation of them;
bewildered by an increase of irreligious life forboding the arrival of
the Kali-Yuga Age of Quarrel he gave up on the safe path of the
religion that would ward of all fear and adopted a wrong heretic view
in defiance of the vedic injunctions introducing most foolishly a
concoction of His own. (Vedabase)

Text10

The lowest of mankind in
this
age
of
Kali
who,
lacking in character, cleanliness and dutifulness with the rules and
regulations are bewildered by the illusory energy of God, will because of this [kind
of practice] in
neglect of the divine, self-willed and with wrong principles follow
strange rules as not bathing, not cleaning the mouth, being dirty and
plucking out the hair. With their consciousness spoiled by an
abundance of modern time adharma [or forsaking of duties] they
will fall into blaspheming the Vedas, the
brahmins, rituals such as sacrifices and the Supreme Personality
and the devotees.

By such practices will the most pitiable among men in
the age of Kali, bewildered by the external energy of God, void of
character, cleanliness and the rules and regulations of the personal
duty, sworn to impiety and in neglect of the divinity be holding on to
their desires, with imaginary principles of austerity like staying
unclean, not washing their mouth and plucking out their hair. From the
Kali-age abundance of godlessness will those whose pure consciousness
is destroyed become almost entirely blasphemous towards the strict
brahmin and his vedic culture, the ceremonies of sacrifice and the
Supreme Personality of Godhead and His devotees. (Vedabase)

Text
11

They who
encouraged by blind predecessors with a deviating practice have built
their own little world [or cult] will themselves being blinded land in darkness[compare B.G.
16:
16, 16:
23].

Those who are certain in deviating from the eternal
principles of the religion with a practice based on their own
speculations, feel themselves encouraged by blinded predecessors and
are sure to fall down in the darkness of ignorance being blinded
themselves [compare B.G. 16-16, 16-23 ]. (Vedabase)

Text
12

This avatâra
of
the Lord was there for the purpose of
instructing the people who are overwhelmed by passion in the matter of
emancipation or how they should reach eternal happiness [or final
beatitude, kaivalya].

This descend of the Lord was there for the ones
overwhelmed by passion so that they may follow the right principles of
enlightenment. (Vedabase)

Text
13

About Him the
people in line with these teachings sing the following verses: 'Oh, of
all the lands on the continents of this world with its seven
seas, this land [of
Bhârata-varsha, India] is the most meritorious, for their people
sing about
the all-auspicious activities of Murâri in His many incarnations [Krishna as the enemy of
the foolish one, Mura].'

Of Him do the ones who are after liberation chant the
following verses: 'O, of this earth with its seven seas and many lands
on its continents, is this land [of Bhârata-varsha, India] the
most meritorious; their people sing of the all-auspicious qualities of
Murâri [Krishna as the enemy of the foolish one, Mura] in His
many incarnations.' (Vedabase)

Text
14

'Oh what should one say about
the pure and renown dynasty of King Priyavrata wherein the Original
Person, the Supreme Personality
descended as an incarnation? He, the Unparalleled One performed the
religious duty that puts
an end to profit-minded labor [the dharma that
leads
to
akarma].'

'O what
to say about the dynasty of king Priyavrata wherein the Original
Person, the Supreme Personality descended as an incarnation; He, the
Unparalleled One executed the religious duty which is the cause of the
end of fruitive labor.' (Vedabase)

Text 15

Is there
any other yogi of
perseverance and determination who, desiring the perfections that were
rejected by Rishabha for being insubstantial, can follow but even in
his mind the example of this unborn Godhead?

'Who
else is there, who even with the mind, is able to follow the example of
Him, the unborn One, who renounced as being insubstantial all desires
for the perfections of yoga, which mystic yogîs, so eager to
serve, do aspire.'
(Vedabase)

Text 16

I have thus expounded on the
pure activities of the Supreme Lord named Rishabha, who is the most
worshipable master of all Vedic knowledge for the common man, the
God-conscious ones, the brahmins and the cows. He who following in the
footsteps of the great[theparamparâ],
with a
growing faith and devotion attentively listens to, speaks to others
about or personally attends to this refuge of His great and supreme
auspiciousness that puts an end to all the sins of every living being,
will unto Him, the Supreme
Lord Vâsudeva, be favorably disposed with unflinching devotion
in both the forms of listening and speaking.

Thus I
have expounded on the pure activities of the Supreme Lord named
Rishabha, the highest spiritual teacher for the people in general, the
godly, the brahmins and the cows; he who following the footsteps of the
great, with a growing faith and devotion attentively hears or speaks to
others of this foremost and greatest shelter of auspiciousness who
destroys all sins of every living being, will no doubt factually have
made a beginning with an unflinching devotion in both the modes of
listening and speaking, unto Him, the Supreme Lord Vâsudeva. (Vedabase)

Text 17

But in that
devotion incessantly bathing themselves in order
to be freed from suffering the various troublesome conditions of
material existence, the ones of
wisdom [among them] do not endeavor
for that beatitude of retreat, that supreme and eternal purpose of all
human beings, because having entered a relationship with the Supreme
Personality all their material desires found their completion.

In that
does the soul of advancement incessantly bathe itself in order to
constantly be freed from suffering the troublesome conditions in
material existence, although on itself that so surely by happiness
obtained uninterrupted liberation, that greatest of all achievements,
certainly is not what one is after, because in relating to the Supreme
Lord one is complete in all one has striven for. (Vedabase)

Text18

Dear King [Parîkchit],
He undoubtedly
was the maintainer and teacher, the worshipable deity, friend and
master of your Yadu line and sometimes He even acted as a servant. Thus
my best one He indeed was Mukunda, the Supreme Lord who grants
liberation [mukti], but to [confidentially] engage someone in
His devotional service [like Arjuna on the battlefield] He did [nor
does] not that easily.

Dear
King, He, the worshipable deity of the Yadus, is no doubt, your dearest
friend and master of the lineage; to be sure, He sometimes even acted
as your servant and thus my best, isn't He indeed the Supreme Lord
Mukunda of the yoga of devotion who at all times delivers, liberating
all the ones engaged in service? (Vedabase)

Text19

All glories to Him, the
Supreme Lord Rishabhadeva,
He
who always directed at His true identity, complete within Himself and
without desires, was as graceful to expand for the true welfare of man
His activities in the material field and in that capacity, for the materially identified human being whose intelligence slept a long time, was of
instruction about the true self
free from fear.'

Always
after His real identity, complete in Himself with no further desires,
was by His mercy of expanding His activities in the material field, the
true meaning of a life of fearlessness with the real self communicated
to the intelligence of men that had been asleep for so long; all
respect unto Him, that Supreme Lord Rishabhadeva. (Vedabase)